Day dial for New Delhi, Thursday 6 September 2018A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 06:02, sunset 18:37. Yamaganda 06:02 to 07:36. Gulika Kalam 09:10 to 10:45. Abhijit 11:54 to 12:45. Rahu Kalam 13:54 to 15:28.00061218Moonset 16:04Moonrise 03:03

Panchanga · New Delhi · Thursday 6 September 2018

Thursday is Aja Ekadashi, a day for fasting.

Ekadashi until 12:16, then Dwadashi. Break the fast on Friday between 06:03 and 08:32.

Times forNew Delhi · 6 September

Rahu Kalam runs 13:54 to 15:28. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 06:02 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.06:02
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.06:02 to 07:36
  3. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.09:10 to 10:45
  4. AbhijitThe midday window for beginnings.11:54 to 12:45
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.13:54 to 15:28
  6. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.16:04
  7. SunsetNight hours follow.18:37
  8. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.03:03 Fri

Subdial: the Moon, waning, Krishna Ekadashi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraGuruvaraThursday, the day of Jupiter (Ju)From sunrise at 06:02 to the next sunrise
  • TithiEkadashi, then DwadashiThe eleventh and twelfth lunar days of the waning MoonEkadashi until 12:16 · Dwadashi until 09:13 Fri
  • NakshatraPunarvasu, then PushyaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 15:14, then Pushya until 12:56 Fri
  • YogaVariyan, then ParighaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 01:59 Fri, then Parigha until 22:16 Fri
  • KaranaBalava, Kaulava, then TaitilaHalf of a lunar dayBalava until 12:16 · Kaulava until 22:46 · Taitila until 09:13 Fri

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise06:02The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset18:37Day hours end, night hours begin12 h 36 min of daylight
  • Moonset16:04Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city
  • Moonrise03:03Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityFriday

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaKrishnaThe waning fortnight, full moon to new moon
  • MasaBhadrapadaLunar month, counted to the full moonShravana when counted to the new moon
  • RituVarshaMonsoon, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVilambiThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • Aja EkadashiThursday 6 SeptemberBreak the fast on Friday between 06:03 and 08:32.

Next Ekadashi

  • Parsva EkadashiThursday 20 SeptemberBreak the fast on Friday between 07:53 and 08:34.
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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.